skinny
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It’s called the Scratch and it’s kind of the skinniest of the skinny margaritas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Like skinny jeans, they eventually became unavoidable — and thus a bit stale, giving way to looser fits and bulkier “dad” sneakers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
But if the James move shocked the NBA, no one was surprised by the skinny Slovenian in the yellow jersey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
So, what do you need to know about this pill version of the skinny jab?
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Outside, the sky is blue and bright sunshine drenches the parking lot, which is lined with tall, skinny palm trees.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
“It skinnies it a bit to make it a little more palatable going forward, but it focuses on some of our youngest learners and our highest-poverty elementary schools,” Riccelli said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
To loose-fit evangelists who have — since at least 2020, when comfort became the priority during pandemic lockdowns and denim brands struggled for survival — been declaring skinnies uncool, that may come as a surprise.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
The last thing he wants is for developers to swoop in and demolish buildings that could be saved, just to make way for tall skinnies and Airbnb’s.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 15, 2020
Casting aside the signature skinnies and grinnies that characterize the glossy pages of Elle and Vogue, Mirabella in its fashion pages features lesser-known models with figures of more realistic proportions.
From Time Magazine Archive
They cloth themselues with the skinnies of those beasts, because they haue nothing else to make them apparell withall.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Richard Hakluyt
Petitti said that the Big Ten would’ve preferred “a much skinnier bill” than the current version, but “that is not the reality right now.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Type B communities offer a skinnier version of the lifecare contract.
From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026
But instead of portly people enjoying futuristic entertainment, we will all be skinnier thanks to today’s GLP-1 medications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
But editorial director of British Vogue told the BBC the fashion industry "should be concerned" by a recent trend towards a return of skinnier models.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2025
He was pale and looked tired and skinnier than he had the last time they’d seen him.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
It’s called the Scratch and it’s kind of the skinniest of the skinny margaritas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
It can claim to be one of Britain's skinniest homes, but there was plenty of interest when a house in the south Wales valleys sold for just under £45,000, around twice the estimate.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
It’s not the tallest, but it is the skinniest — the world’s skinniest, in fact.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
The skinniest, wiriest player on our team slipped behind the Keesler defense to urinate on the Airmen’s goal, an obvious foul.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
She was not a slim girl, so she thought the skinniest thoughts she could, and squeezed her way into the gap.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
